Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents Oscar Wilde's short mystery, The Portrait of Mr. W. H., on Monday, April 14 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre 2895 Broadway at 95th St..Adapted and directed by David Staller, The Portrait of Mr. W. H. features Tony nominee Daniel Davis Sir George Erskine, Wesley Taylor Mr. Cyril Graham, Josh Grisetti Basil, and Bill Kux Shakespeare. The evening will also feature a musical interlude by Tony winner George S. Irving.Stepping away from Shaw for the first time, Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw presents an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's notorious short story that offers a theory about whom Shakespeare might truly have written his infamous Sonnets about. In Wilde's hands, the inspiration for the world's most famous poems is a beautiful young actor in Shakespeare's company. In attempting to prove this theory,...
- 4/15/2014
- by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- BroadwayWorld.com
Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, under the leadership of Artistic Director, David Staller, presented George Bernard Shaw's 1895 comedy, Candida, yesterday, November 25, at Symphony Space's Leonard NimoyThalia Theatre 2895 Broadway at 95th St.. Directed by David Staller, Candida featured Tony Award nominees Judy Kuhn Candida and Douglas Sills Morell, with Brandon J. Vukovic a recent BrownTrinity grad as Marchbanks, Alison Cimmet The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Prossy, Bill Kux The Trip to Bountiful as Burgess, Jordan Coughtry Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Our Town as Lexy. Check out photos of the event below...
- 11/26/2013
- by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- BroadwayWorld.com
If they had such things as telephone books in the days of Oscar Wilde (Wilde lived til 1900 and the telephone was invented in 1876, so you never know), thousands might have gladly paid to have heard Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde recite from it. One can only imagine with delight what spin he might have given to the names and addresses he'd read aloud.
It is for this reason that, over 110 years since it was first produced, thousands still gladly pay to watch performances of perhaps Wilde's most renown play, "The Importance of Being Earnest."
The play serves as a paradigm for what is funny, the essence of comedy. For what, afterall, makes us laugh? "The unexpected," my play companion noted as we discussed the latest production of Wilde's work, now at Center Stage. To that I would add, the ironic, the juxtaposition of opposites played off each other,...
It is for this reason that, over 110 years since it was first produced, thousands still gladly pay to watch performances of perhaps Wilde's most renown play, "The Importance of Being Earnest."
The play serves as a paradigm for what is funny, the essence of comedy. For what, afterall, makes us laugh? "The unexpected," my play companion noted as we discussed the latest production of Wilde's work, now at Center Stage. To that I would add, the ironic, the juxtaposition of opposites played off each other,...
- 11/8/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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